Study calls video games beneficial From: Oakland Tribune | Date: May 29, 2003| Author: | Copyright 2003 Oakland Tribune. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study suggests action-packed video games like Grand Theft Auto III and Counter-Strike may sharpen your mind.

Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high-speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and processed fast-changing visual information more efficiently.

To rule out the possibility that visually adept people are ...

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